Rhode Montijo

Hello Everyone, I’m happy to introduce my latest project: Skeletown! Skeletown is something that I’ve had in my head for a while and has had a few incarnations over the years through sketches, prints, and shirts, but I’m happy to announce my first self-published full-color book: Skeletown. In S...

I’m very excited to announce that I’m releasing my latest mini comic T-T-TARTAMUDO online for FREE! This was originally published on October of 2008 and I’m happy to make it available here for everyone. This is the first time I’m doing this and I hope you’ll enjoy it. Click on...

There’s a hand-pulled noodle place that my friends and I like to go to and we have become some sort of regulars there. Sometimes there’s a kid that works there, my guess would be he’s around 10 or 11 years old. I fe...

I just received word that YOUR BRAIN ON LATINO COMICS has hit the shelves! This is an extensive effort by Professor Frederick Luis Aldama, who set out to capture thoughts from many of the Latino creators involved in the field of comic books...

I was invited by a friend to an event today in Brooklyn where there would be free cupcakes and crafts. Cupcakes and crafts?!- I’m there! ...

I recently received an unexpected package from my publisher and was surprised to find that my first children’s book, CLOUD BOY, has been translated into Chinese! It feels surreal flipping through the pages and it brings me great joy thinking that this story might reach more children. -Rhode

I was kindly invited by Gallery Nucleus to contribute a piece for their upcoming Street Fighter Tribute Show: Jab Strong Fierce. This is the piece I did for the show which opens April 25th. I chose to depict the character of Dhalsim in kid form. -Rhode

For years I worked comfortably out of my own apartment. I had a door from Home Depot that I turned into a drawing desk and before that it was the kitchen table where I drew. A little over two years ago a friend of mine was moving from his studio space and the price was too good to pass up...

Hello all, It has been a busy last few weeks as I’ve been working on my next kids book. I’ve also been slowly rebuilding this site after losing all my entries to a Spam attack earlier this year. Slowly the old entries are being recovered and replaced. I ...